OROVILLE — Traditional Japanese homes are made of clay and usually burn completely, but slowly, which often allows residents time to get out during a fire. Modern Western-style homes, on the other ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Firefighters from the city are headed to the woods this weekend to learn wildland firefighting skills so they can help out if and when wildfire season really kicks in. One hundred ...

As early as the late 1990s, Australian fire services began to adopt a Swedish approach to structural firefighting techniques and tactics. This followed a similar move in the United Kingdom and some ...

Alex Cohen talks to KPCC reporter Brian Watt as he joins us from the Command Post at the Earl Warren Show Grounds in Santa Barbara and fills us in what firefighting techniques are being used to fight ...

Firefighters from several Texas departments took to the Pineywoods recently to get a taste of what it is like to fight a wildland fire. The firefighters spent a week learning wildland firefighting ...

FORT CAVAZOS, Texas — U.S. Army Cpl. Jalen Martinez demonstrates firefighting techniques, Nov. 20, 2024 in Fort Cavazos, Texas. Just like their civilian counterparts, Army Firefighters are responsible ...

The Billings Fire Department trains firefighters in wildland firefighting techniques at Riverfront Park on Tuesday. The training included chainsaw operation, shelter deployment and remote and portable ...